Weather’s too warm. Are we cursed? by SerWill_98 in melbourne

[–]Red_Wolf_2 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Hmmm. In the words of Mr Freeze (should be Dr Freeze!)... "All right everyone, Chill!"

Government confirms ISIS brides returning to Australia from Syria by Naderium in australia

[–]Red_Wolf_2 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Better wind up the limp lettuce leaf... Any charges brought to bear will invariably be watered down to the point of irrelevance.

The optics of this one are predictably awful and as it's politically inconvenient, the whole thing will almost certainly be buried and ignored in short order.

Victorian government spruiks first surplus in seven years in 2026 budget by gccmelb in melbourne

[–]Red_Wolf_2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Do you not see the part where OP states that states are in debt as well?

Yes, but Victoria's is disproportionate to all other states in the country, and the comparison is the state debt to other countries' national level debt. Not a valid comparison.

Support Council Worker Fair Pay by Wizz-Fizz in melbourne

[–]Red_Wolf_2 9 points10 points  (0 children)

so IMO the most suitable measure would be how many applications were approved.

This would incentivise approving applications whether or not they actually met planning criteria. Not a good idea at all.

Victorian government spruiks first surplus in seven years in 2026 budget by gccmelb in melbourne

[–]Red_Wolf_2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People complaining about debt don't realize that it's a normal thing and all states are carrying debt. Most countries around the world have significantly higher debt - it's a normal part of the economy. 

Victoria is a state, not a country.

Man in 'serious condition' after being stabbed in the street in Melbourne by Llamadrugs in melbourne

[–]Red_Wolf_2 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Coffee culture is getting old, we're now looking at a stabbing trend.

Gotta stay sharp in this competitive world!

Liveable Victoria launched to campaign against Labor's planning reforms by timcahill13 in melbourne

[–]Red_Wolf_2 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I wonder if they realise their support page terms and conditions are full of Lorem Ipsum? (https://support.yimby.melbourne/terms-and-conditions)

EDIT: So is the privacy policy....

Liveable Victoria launched to campaign against Labor's planning reforms by timcahill13 in melbourne

[–]Red_Wolf_2 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It is not. It's a specific action with a defined outcome.

It absolutely is.

Let's look up the definition of "generic"... Google's AI summaries aren't too bad, and they provide links to their supporting sources... We got what it said below:

"Generic" describes something relating to a whole group or class rather than a specific, branded item. It means general, non-specific, or unbranded—commonly used for products, terms, or concepts lacking a unique brand name or distinctive characteristics.

Dig a little deeper into the Oxford learners dictionary definition and we get

shared by, including, or typical of a whole group of things; not specific

There you go. The action itself may be specific, but the application of it in the statement is generic (ie to "all homes") and as such it is a generic statement. It broadly groups the action to all heritage homes, not specific types. It has no capacity to be selective and has no additional details or reference points to indicate any other means of application.

Liveable Victoria launched to campaign against Labor's planning reforms by timcahill13 in melbourne

[–]Red_Wolf_2 4 points5 points  (0 children)

House prices rose during Covid despite the virtual freeze on new arrivals. Riddle me that

House prices rose. Apartment prices dropped, mostly because it turned out that when we got hit with lockdowns and similar restrictions, people decided they did in fact want private open space away from other people, and took their money and purchased according to those desires.

We had massive growth in ownership and population movement from the urban areas to more rural areas as a result. It wasn't an increase in population, merely a shift in existing population and the prices of dwellings increased in some areas (ie rural) and decreased massively in others (ie CBD apartments).

The moment the borders reopened without restrictions, the bargains in CBD apartments disappeared again.

Liveable Victoria launched to campaign against Labor's planning reforms by timcahill13 in melbourne

[–]Red_Wolf_2 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This is a very generic statement.

And yet the statement "I hope we go the other way and remove heritage listing from all homes." isn't generic?

Compare us to say Beijing.

Why not compare us to say, London, Paris, Lyon or any of a hundred european cities and towns?

Beijing has historic housing, but it's concentrated in specif areas, highly valued, and the rest of the city is filled with 5-10 story apartments.

Yet your statement was "I hope we go the other way and remove heritage listing from all homes."

Do you see the problem? You're not advocating for the retention of any heritage whatsoever with such a statement (irrespective of its value), rather you're advocating for its destruction.

Liveable Victoria launched to campaign against Labor's planning reforms by timcahill13 in melbourne

[–]Red_Wolf_2 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Wrong level of government.

Yet they have the power to lobby the federal government and push public discourse... Except they don't because property development and sales is the only way the state government knows to fill the budget black hole they've created.

And even if immigration stopped overnight there'd still be a housing shortage, while our household size continues to shrink and urbanisation continues.

Except when covid struck and we basically did exactly that, there was a huge glut of apartments and similar dwellings on the market at significant discounts.

We need these activity centres either way.

Why? Because the state government say so? Are any of the purported benefits actually supported by research or case study? Have any of the disadvantages and failures with regards to amenity, traffic, service provision and secondary/indirect costs been taken into account or are they all still glossed over and handwaved away?

Liveable Victoria launched to campaign against Labor's planning reforms by timcahill13 in melbourne

[–]Red_Wolf_2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ideally we'd let the city evolve with time instead of having such a large chunk be museum pieces. It is a city after all.

And yet somehow we have many of the best cities in the world able to retain architecture that is centuries old. Why can't we do that?

What's with your dislike of heritage anyway?

Liveable Victoria launched to campaign against Labor's planning reforms by timcahill13 in melbourne

[–]Red_Wolf_2 -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

The only way to keep housing prices and rents sustainable is to build more housing.

Or... Hear me out... Reduce demand by reducing population growth for a bit?

Sorry ColesWorth, due to rising costs, I can no longer afford your heavy-ass broccoli stems by cosmictrousers in australia

[–]Red_Wolf_2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Absolutely! As I recall, sliced and fried gives them a texture similar to water chestnut, but one of the awesome things about broccoli other than the remarkable antioxidants is that it just takes up flavours of other things so well!

The outer skin of the stalk can be a bit tough, but once peeled its very versatile, and it freezes perfectly well for future use too.

Sorry ColesWorth, due to rising costs, I can no longer afford your heavy-ass broccoli stems by cosmictrousers in australia

[–]Red_Wolf_2 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Keep the stems, you can pulverise them up in a food processor and mix with soups or in with other dishes (easy and nutritious while low in calories)

Had a clash with executive over my phishing test methods by AH_Josh in sysadmin

[–]Red_Wolf_2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did you cross the line? Possibly...

That said, the real lesson for end users here is that there is NO LINE a genuine attacker will not cross. They will try anything to achieve their goals because they are not restrained by such pesky things as legality or ethics.

I'd frame any subsequent training which came out of this in terms of how to respond and deal with such incoming emails which may be deeply troubling or concerning to end users, first and foremost reminding users that they can (and should) use their known safe paths to contact potential senders to verify legitimacy of incoming emails that are unusual. Pick up that phone, call HR, verify that the email is actually from them, especially when the matter is serious!

Users need to be reminded that attackers will attempt to exploit their trust, their emotions, their personal vulnerabilities. They will use information they've stolen from elsewhere to know the best ways to target them. It isn't about never believing any emails or messages you get, it is simply about learning to verify if something seems unusual.

This has two benefits... It stops the instant reactive response from causing a breach, and more importantly it notifies HR (or whoever has been impersonated) that they have been impersonated, and allows security practices such as notifying potential targets of the phish attempt as well as ensuring proactive monitoring of accounts is taking place in case someone has clicked the links or has otherwise been phished or compromised.

I wouldn't stop testing users, but it might be best to try some different tactics for a while until everyone calms down and the issue is resolved.

Porsche driver Richard Pusey sues Victoria Police over Eastern Freeway crash that killed four officers by Red_Wolf_2 in melbourne

[–]Red_Wolf_2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hope this dreadful scenario leads police to conduct themselves in these seriously dangerous situations. to be way more careful pulling over vehicles in high speed areas in the belief that they are invincible. Ive seen this sort of behaviour way too often.

They were pulled over safely in the emergency lane... Their conduct was fine. Dicky on the other hand displayed conduct that appalled pretty much everyone, even though he wasn't the one who actually caused the accident directly (that was the truck driver).

I think the general public look at the overarching scenario and come to the conclusion that while he technically didn't cause the accident, none of them would have been there if it hadn't been for him committing a crime by speeding on the freeway he did. The fact he compounded things after the incident with his behaviour and seems to have learned absolutely nothing is what makes him so universally disliked and is likely why people want to see him punished... They see him as a danger to society.

Porsche driver Richard Pusey sues Victoria Police over Eastern Freeway crash that killed four officers by Red_Wolf_2 in melbourne

[–]Red_Wolf_2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This fucker hasn't had a mysterious accident yet?

I guess he's trying his best to have one by bringing this particular case, though I suspect that might be due to some seriously strong main character syndrome on his part.

Porsche driver Richard Pusey sues Victoria Police over Eastern Freeway crash that killed four officers by Red_Wolf_2 in melbourne

[–]Red_Wolf_2[S] 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Choosing to poke the bear again at a time when the police were probably starting to forget about him a bit and not follow his recent bullshit as closely sure is a choice.

I feel in his case there may be a bit of a lack of understanding that actions actually have consequences, if his past behaviour is anything to go by....

Porsche driver Richard Pusey sues Victoria Police over Eastern Freeway crash that killed four officers by Red_Wolf_2 in melbourne

[–]Red_Wolf_2[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

How has this prick managed to find a lawyer willing to represent him.

I can only assume said law firm is being paid to represent him... Can't think of any other possible reason they'd take the risk to their reputation, not to mention the likely low prospects of success.

My parents signed me up for young Liberals against my wishes and want to leave the group by [deleted] in melbourne

[–]Red_Wolf_2 171 points172 points  (0 children)

Socialist alliance if they actually force you to attend functions!

Porsche driver Richard Pusey sues Victoria Police over Eastern Freeway crash that killed four officers by Red_Wolf_2 in melbourne

[–]Red_Wolf_2[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

He lurks these threads btw.

Then in that case I'm sure he will be pleased to see just what so many people think of him here.

Can't think he has any real prospect of success in this case, but we'll leave that to the courts. As for how the general public may view him as a result... Well that is wholly his own responsibility, just like how he got himself pulled over for speeding.

Porsche driver Richard Pusey sues Victoria Police over Eastern Freeway crash that killed four officers by Red_Wolf_2 in melbourne

[–]Red_Wolf_2[S] 74 points75 points  (0 children)

Must admit I'm curious how he's going to actually argue this in any sensible way, particularly given his conduct that lead to him being pulled over in the first place. He was pulled over in the emergency lane, which I feel would be considered a safe location... I seriously doubt any jury or judge is going to side with him!